June 11 Branson We Have Arrived

It was a pleasure to wake up this morning and know we were just 120 miles from Branson. After a couple 400 plus mile days, this was a "piece of cake". Just as the thunder showers were hitting our last truck stop parking lot in Lamar, MO, we headed south.

The traffic was light and we were ready to park the coach for awhile. My trusty navigation software (CoPilot) with GPS on board, led us right into the heart of country music land. Not sure what we expected, but this is different than anticipated. More spread out but nice and everyone is friendly.

The RV park is truely in the middle of everything but rustic, treed and hidden away with a security gate and all. We pulled down into the narrow entrance road and Gary kind of said "Whoa... what is this?" It was so narrow and enclosed. They led us with a golf cart to our pull thru site...very narrow, tight turns but we negotiated it fine and the site was plenty big with all the amenities we have been without on our trip down here...running water, septic hook-up, 50 amp electricity (yeah, A/C), cable TV, and I am now sitting running laundry and doing internet via Wi-Fi (for no charge) in their laundry/activity room.

We tried walking to a barber for Gary to get his hair trimmed but it was too far and we came back very tired but well fed and we found a very nice, large 50's diner on our way back. After the walk, I bet Gary sleeps well tonight...I will too...without the trucks pulling in and out on all sides at the truck stops...what a treat. Have to admit that 6 nights of parking overnight for free was worth the little hastle at the truck stops...we will do it again but maybe not that many nights in a row again.

Tomorrow we hope to be rested and ready to explore a bit more...maybe take in one of the "shows"...more later.

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Linda